Biography
I grew up in London, England and received a B.A. (Hons) from Cambridge
University in 1962. My Ph.D. in 1967 was from the University of Queensland.
After 6 years at Northwestern University in Chicago I came to Queen’s
in 1973.
I served as Head of the Department from 1989-1992 and was Associate Dean
of the School of Graduate Studies from 1993 to 2001.
Research
For most of my career my research focus has been on aspects of the geography
of population and its implications for a wide range of public policy concerns.
Earlier work on residential mobility and housing adjustments, primarily
in urban settings, has evolved into more recent emphasis on the ways in
which populations age in different geographic environments in Canada.
Working closely with Mark Rosenberg and with graduate students, the research
has two distinct geographical components: the first is the study of the
ways in which populations of the various geographical entities in Canada
change their age profiles (provinces, metropolitan areas, counties and
similar administrative jurisdictions): the second is the exploration of
links between individual decisions to move or stay as people age and health
deteriorates and the social and economic environment in which people live.
Understanding the dynamics of individual and population aging is central
to assessing future demand for and delivery of a wide range of services
for the elderly.
The bulk of this research is supported within a five-year multidisciplinary
program of research entitled Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging
Population (SEDAP - www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/sedap/).
Two specific issues and related issues receive particular attention in
current work. One is the role played by sustained high levels of immigration
in affecting the future composition of the elderly population, especially
in urban areas. We need to understand the new diversity of this population
and the social and cultural needs of a changing population which will
be far more multicultural than the current elderly. The second focus is
on the implications of growing income inequality, particularly in urban
areas and its effects on the health of populations. Graduate students
are involved in both of these issues and opportunities for further involvement
exist in SEDAP.
Publications
P.Boyle, S.Curtis, A.Gatrell, E.Graham and E.G.Moore (eds).The Geography
of Health Inequalities in the Developed World, Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate
(forthcoming).
Moore, E.G.and M.Rosenberg. 2001. "Canada’s elderly population:
the challenges of diversity”, The Canadian Geographer. Vol. 45,
1, pp.145-150.
Moore, E.G. and D.L.McGuinness, 2000 "The Geography of Aging: the
Canadian Experience" in K.Pandit and S.Withers (eds), Migration and
restructuring in the United States, Rowan and Littlefield.
Moore, E., D. McGuinness, M.A.Pacey and M.W. Rosenberg, 2000. Geographical
Dimensions of Aging: the Canadian Experience, 1986-1996. Hamilton: Program
for Research on Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population
(SEDAP), McMaster University, SEDAP Research Paper No. 23.
Moore, E.G., M.W.Rosenberg and S.H.Fitzgibbon, 1999, "Activity limitation
and chronic conditions in Canada's elderly, 1986-2011" Disability
and Rehabilitation, 21, 5/6, 196-211.
Moore, E.G., M.W.Rosenberg and D.L.McGuinness, (1997), Growing Old in
Canada: Sociodemographic and Geographic Perspectives, Toronto: Nelson
and Statistics Canada, 207 pp. Translated into French as Vieillir au Canada
(1997).
Rosenberg, M.W. and E.G,Moore, 1997. "The health of Canada's elderly
population: current status and future implications", Canadian Medical
Association Journal, 157,8,1025-32.
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Dr.
Eric G. Moore
Biography